Bug#911396: vsftpd: init.d script always fails (vsftpd failed - probably invalid config)

2019-01-09 Thread Ryan Chu
This appears to be a timing issue of vsftpd's initial script (/etc/init.d/vsftpd). When starting the vsftpd service, the script uses a while loop to make sure that the vsftpd process has been created with the expected PID. The problem is that it should go sleep if it can't grep the same PID via

Bug#911396: vsftpd: init.d script always fails (vsftpd failed - probably invalid config)

2018-10-19 Thread Artem Sheremet
Package: vsftpd Version: 3.0.3-8+b1 Severity: normal Dear Maintainer, When running /etc/init.d/vsftpd start (on a system without systemd), the initscript always complains with the following exact message: vsftpd failed - probably invalid config exiting with non-zero code. The vsftpd itself